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Today, De Troch is in its 7th generation of family ownership. After an accident in 2002 that left Jos Raes unable to brew for two years, his son Pauwel had to be shown how to brew by local brewing engineer Gert de Rouck. De Rouck, who had been working at the brewery for a short time before being hired at the Sint-Lieven brewery college, returned to the brewery during Christmas to teach Pauwel. Having learned on the job and through some independent studies at Ghent University College, Pauwel, who was married in 2002 and has two sons, is confident about the future. In 2004, Belgian health officials nearly shut down the brewery over safety/sanitations issues, providing an incentive for De Troch to change course.<ref name=LambicLand>Tim Webb, Chris Pollard, Siobhan McGinn, [[Books#LambicLand: A Journey Round the Most Unusual Beers in the World|LambicLand: A Journey Round the Most Unusual Beers in the World]], 2010</ref> Though he acknowledges that the sweetened beers still bring in the most revenue, De Troch is slowly but surely bringing back its oude gueuze as well as providing lambic on occasion for at least one other blender, [[Vanberg & DeWulf]]. De Troch is also a member of [[HORAL]], having signed as one of the six original members in 1997.<ref name=HoralDeTroch> https://web.archive.org/web/20160315135134/http://horal.be/leden/de-troch-wambeek Horal - De Troch (Dutch)</ref> | Today, De Troch is in its 7th generation of family ownership. After an accident in 2002 that left Jos Raes unable to brew for two years, his son Pauwel had to be shown how to brew by local brewing engineer Gert de Rouck. De Rouck, who had been working at the brewery for a short time before being hired at the Sint-Lieven brewery college, returned to the brewery during Christmas to teach Pauwel. Having learned on the job and through some independent studies at Ghent University College, Pauwel, who was married in 2002 and has two sons, is confident about the future. In 2004, Belgian health officials nearly shut down the brewery over safety/sanitations issues, providing an incentive for De Troch to change course.<ref name=LambicLand>Tim Webb, Chris Pollard, Siobhan McGinn, [[Books#LambicLand: A Journey Round the Most Unusual Beers in the World|LambicLand: A Journey Round the Most Unusual Beers in the World]], 2010</ref> Though he acknowledges that the sweetened beers still bring in the most revenue, De Troch is slowly but surely bringing back its oude gueuze as well as providing lambic on occasion for at least one other blender, [[Vanberg & DeWulf]]. De Troch is also a member of [[HORAL]], having signed as one of the six original members in 1997.<ref name=HoralDeTroch> https://web.archive.org/web/20160315135134/http://horal.be/leden/de-troch-wambeek Horal - De Troch (Dutch)</ref> | ||
Beginning in 2015, De Troch began to rebrand their beers without the Chapeau name. Also in 2015, the brewery released an [[De Troch Oude Kriek|Oude Kriek]] in | Beginning in 2015, De Troch began to rebrand their beers without the Chapeau name. Also in 2015, the brewery released an [[De Troch Oude Kriek|Oude Kriek]] in 375 mL bottles, the first in nearly 30 years. | ||
==Production Notes== | ==Production Notes== | ||
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Though known for mostly sweetened products, De Troch follows traditional [[Brewing Lambic|lambic brewing]] processes, with the following notable facts: | Though known for mostly sweetened products, De Troch follows traditional [[Brewing Lambic|lambic brewing]] processes, with the following notable facts: | ||
* The brewhouse is entirely heated by coal fire, and it takes approximately | * The brewhouse is entirely heated by coal fire, and it takes approximately 400 kg of coal for each brewing session. | ||
* The two [[Koelschip|koelschips]] are oriented east to west, and each have a capacity of | * The two [[Koelschip|koelschips]] are oriented east to west, and each have a capacity of 30 hl each, which generally contain approximately 40-45 hl after cooling and evaporation. | ||
* The sweetener used is pure white sugar. | * The sweetener used is pure white sugar. | ||
* Fruit juice is added at the time of bottling. | * Fruit juice is added at the time of bottling. | ||
* Bottles are flash pasteurized. | * Bottles are flash pasteurized. | ||
* The hops used are Aurora hops in pellet form. | * The hops used are Aurora hops in pellet form. | ||
* Barrels range in age from brand new to over 50 years old. As of 2015 they have approximately three-hundred 650 | * Barrels range in age from brand new to over 50 years old. As of 2015, they have approximately three-hundred 650 L barrels and approximately seventy 225 L barrels. Newer barrels come from Portugal. There are future plans to install new foeders as well. | ||
* Beers were originally sold under the "De Troch Leopard" brand name but were later changed to "Chapeau" as De Troch moved into the French market. In 2016, De Troch returned to using the brewery name with the brand simply referred to as "De Troch". | * Beers were originally sold under the "De Troch Leopard" brand name but were later changed to "Chapeau" as De Troch moved into the French market. In 2016, De Troch returned to using the brewery name with the brand simply referred to as "De Troch". | ||
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* [[Chapeau Mirabelle]] | * [[Chapeau Mirabelle]] | ||
* [[Chapeau Pêche]] | * [[Chapeau Pêche]] | ||
* [[De Troch Oude Kriek]] | |||
*[[De Troch Oude Kriek]] | * [['t Weverke 50 Jaar Davidsfonds Wambeek]] | ||
=== Jonge Lambiek=== | === Jonge Lambiek=== | ||